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1) Selections From Minnesota History, a Fiftieth Anniversary Anthology
Gilman, Rhoda & June Holmquist (editors)

St Paul Minnesota Hist.Soc. 1979.. A fine copy in a fine dustjacket, protected in clear plastic. No prior owner marks. This book was a Fiftieth Anniversary Anthology of the Minnesota Historical Society quarterly magazine. Pages 369 of excellent reading, with footnotes and index. . First Edition. 8 Vo. more information

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2) The Westerners, a Roundup of Pioneer Reminiscences
Myers, John (compiled and annotated by)

Englewood Cliffs Prentice Hall 1969.. very good/ very good dustjacket. "The attitudes expressed in these reminiscences are solely those of the venerable contributors.". Illustrated by endpaper map of SW. 1st edition. The dustjacket is price clipped, but no prior owner marks in the book, and only a hint of edgewear. . First Edition. 8 Vo. more information

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3) HISTORY MADE BY PLAIN MEN
Pelzer, Louis

Iowa City Iowa Hist.Soc 1913.. 1/2 morocco, marbled boards, 1/2 inch off head & tail of spine. from July 1913 Iowa Journal of History and Politics, an interesting essay on the importance of the average pioneer. . more information

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4) This Is Home Now (author inscribed on title page)
Robinson, Floyd A

Ames Iowa State U. 1983.. Fine / near fine dustjacket. Iowa boyhood farm memoirs 1913-1926. 1st edition. Beautiful copy with no prior owner marks. . Signed by Author. 8 Vo. more information

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5) For From Home, Families of the Westward Journey
Schlissel, Lillian, Byrd Gibbens & E.Hampsten

NYC Schoken 1989.. Fine brick red calf, black calf label, raised bands, gilt. Clean and tight inside. Illustrated by nice antique photos. 1st edition.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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6) Pioneer Women Voices From the Kansas Frontier
Stratton, Joanna L

NY Simon & Schuster 1981.. Near fine / dustjacket near fine. Illustrated by 30 pages photos, endpaper maps. Third printing. Evocative of the tough life led by those pioneers on the plains. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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7) The Ancestry, Life, and Times of Hon. Henry Hastings Sibley
West, Nathaniel

St Paul Pioneer 1889.. This is a near fine copy, only slight edgewear. Illustrated by a frontispiece of Sibley, who was Minnesota's first Governor, and a Congressman from Minnesota, in addition to having been a General in the Union Army. Sibley, Iowa is named after him. 1st edition. Protected in a clear, plastic dustjacket. . Illus. by Steel Engraved Frontispiece of Sibley, with Tissue Guard. 8 Vo. more information

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8) The Autobiography of William Allen White
White, William Allen

New York: MacMillan, 1946. Most unusual copy, bound in terra cotta calf, near fine binding with hint of edgewear at the corners, bright gilt title on the unfaded spine. Pages 669. Inside, some sign of water stain on the bottom corner of the last 60 or so pages. Ex-library with a stamp on a preliminary page, and a different library (U.S. reading room in India) at the bottom of the title page. No other library marks, or envelopes inside or out. Pages except at the bottom edge are very good. . Illus. by 16 Pages Photos. 8 Vo. more information

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